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How to's
XSLT
GOOGLE MAPS API
PHP
- PHP & Web Services — using SOAP to get meteorological data for a location
- PHP and Flickr accessing online photos through the phpFlickr class
Perl
Document Object Model (DOM)
UNIX
- Convert GE KML files for use with GMT
- Various snippets that make my life easier
- Create an Antelope Mail Archive
- Adding new projects to the Antelope contrib area using CVS
- Using Subversion to version control web sites
Generic Mapping Tools (GMT)
Miscellaneous
Projects
Courses Taught
Latest Favorites
- Best of Vim tips
- Make your pages load faster by combining and compressing javascript and css files
- Creating Liquid Faux Columns
- Setting up SSL under Apache 2 on SuSE
- PHP editing with ViM
- Getting equal-height columns in a three-column layout
- Star html Selector Bug
- Reset MySQL root account permissions
- How to write UNIX man pages
- Son of Suckerfish Dropdowns
- Aidan's PHP Repository
- Adium IM client
- ShapeShifter
- Install wiki on an iBook
- Quirksmode
- PHP
- GD
- JpGraph
- Vim Text Editor
- Generic Mapping Tools (GMT)
Mac OS X
Web Development
Beta
Latest News
2009-05-26
At the Google I/O conference in San Francisco learning about all the
cool new toys Google has been cooking up in its labs...
2009-05-01
Behind the curve on this one.... Just installed
TextMate and added the Git bundle
for revision control. Sweet! And to think I thought Vim was nice....
Here is a good intro on how to use Git to maintain a website:
dmiessler.com
2009-04-22
Spending the day with Google engineers talking about
Google Earth. Learning lots about rendering isosurfaces
at depth, including 3D models generated with
Collada.
2009-04-15
I had to post this, if only for my own information. Some great simple tips for using jQuery efficiently:
10 useful jQuery authoring tips.
Also, some great tutorials by the jQuery plugin guru, Karl Swedberg (who's cluetip plugin I use on this page):
Working with Events, part 1 (Event delegation) and
Working with Events, part 2 (Rebinding event handlers).
2009-04-10
Several of us worked hard to create a
special event page
for the recent Salton Sea earthquake swarm
that occurred in March and April here in Southern California. There were over
450 small magnitude earthquakes in the space of two weeks. The Los Angeles Times
picked
up on the page
and we have seen a x10 increase in web traffic to one of our websites. I just added a
Google Earth layer to download
which shows the temporal evolution of the swarm. This really shows the power of visualization with Google Earth.
2009-02-13
We are converting all our large page inline database queries to a new model in order
to speed up page load times. The long page load time is typically due to database open
table statements, joins (inner and outer) between tables, and image creation. The plan
is to cache database queries as JSON objects, and have the inline code read these
streamlined JSON objects. This also allows AJAX-style page updates based on the updated
JSON object. Comments?
2009-01-14
I finally found time to finish the Array Network Facility layer for
Google Earth.
A screendump is shown to the right (click the image for a larger
view). Adding <TimeSpan> elements with child <begin> and
<end> elements allows you to observe the station deployment in
4-D (i.e. time). Clicking a station icon displays a balloon with
station metadata, plus a scaled version of the top pick station
photograph taken by our station engineers and stored on Flickr.
This KML file was created from Antelope, with some XSLT massaging...
You can subscribe to the Google Earth layer by selecting Add > Network Link and entering http://anf.ucsd.edu/cachexml/google_earth/anf_stations.kmz in the Link field. You can assign any name you like to it – this will appear in the Places sidebar as a folder.
2008-12-18
Today I presented my poster at the AGU 2008 Fall meeting. Some good feedback from
people using my Antelope-interface software, plus some new requests for tools.
Should be a busy 2009.
Status
I am a geophysics programmer/analyst/researcher at the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego. I am currently involved in several projects that are porting realtime data in Antelope Datascope databases and object ring buffers (ORBs) onto the world wide web through use of the Antelope Realtime system and the PHP Hypertext Processor protocol.
I organize the Webheads discussion group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Every month a talk on a current or emerging software, system or web-based technology is presented by a group member or invited outside speaker. We have recently had talks on jQuery, Django, Plone, YUI and MVC frameworks.
I am an Associate Editor for manuscripts published in the popular column Electronic Seismologist supplement for Seismic Research Letters and Computers and Geoscience.
Goals
- Develop a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for web-presentation of real-time sensor network data
- To build a library of PHP classes and functions that interface to the Antelope Real Time System (ARTS)
- Commit these classes and functions to the global real time community via the Antelope CVS Contrib area
- Integrate the Antelope interface to PHP into various PHP frameworks and content-management systems including Drupal
- The use of cascading style sheets (CSS) to separate content from layout in web site development
- Application of W3C coding standards
- Realtime database (Antelope, MySQL, PostgreSQL) manipulation and communication via web protocols (PHP, Perl)
Projects
Antelope Realtime Systems and the Internet
In concert with several other developers, I am working on porting the X-windows based Antelope Real Time Software suite to a web-based platform using Perl, PHP and Python. Some Antelope documentation I have written is listed below:
- Create an Antelope mail archive
- Adding new projects to the Antelope contrib area using CVS
- Using Subversion to version control web sites
Websites Using the Antelope PHP Interface (Datascope, Orb and sysinfo)
Programming Languages
- Ruby on Rails
- XML
- XSLT1.0 & XSLT2.0: XSLTPROC command line tool and Saxon
- Cold Fusion - CFML
- Javascript and JS frameworks including jQuery & MooTools
- Perl
- GMT
- ASP
Peer-reviewed Publications
- D. Slater, K. Smith, K. Lindquist, R.L. Newman, C. Freinkel, J. Torrisi, and G. Biasi (2008) Use of Mobile Devices for Earthquake Response, Network Applications, and Diagnostics, Seismological Research Letters, V.79, no.4, p.562-570.
- K.G. Lindquist, R.L. Newman and F.L. Vernon (2007) The Antelope Interface to PHP and Applications: Web-based Real-time Monitoring, Seismological Research Letters, V.78, no.6, p.587-594.
- T.H. Bell and R. Newman (2006) Appalachian orogenesis: The role of repeated gravitational collapse. Geological Society of America Special Paper 414: Styles of Continental Contraction: V. 414, no. 0, p. 95-118
- D. Kilb, C.S. Keen, R.L. Newman, G.M. Kent, D.T. Sandwell, F.L. Vernon, C.L. Johnson, and J.A. Orcutt (2003) The Visualization Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Education and Outreach, Seismological Research Letters, V.74, no.5, p.641-648.
- D. Kilb, R.L. Newman, F.L. Vernon, J.A. Eakins, L. Ziegler, J. Bowen and Otero, J. (2003) Education and Outreach based on data from the ANZA seismic network in Southern California, Seismological Research Letters, V.74, no.5, p.522-528.
Conference Presentations
If the title is a hyperlink, please click the link to view the complete abstract.
2008
- Newman, R.L., Lindquist, K.G., Clemesha, A., Vernon, F.L., 2008, The EarthScope Array Network Facility: application-driven low-latency web-based tools for accessing high-resolution multi-channel waveform data, AGU Fall Meeting, IN43A-1166.
- Eakins, J.A., Vernon, F.L., Astiz, L., Martynov,V., Mulder, T., Cox, T.A., Newman, R.L., Davis, G.A., Battistutz, B., 2008, The Earthscope USArray Array Network Facility (ANF): Metadata, Network and Data Monitoring, Quality Assurance as We Start to Roll, AGU Fall Meeting, G43A-0665.
- Lindquist, K.G., Clemesha, A., Newman, R.L. and Vernon, F.L., 2008, The Python Interface to Antelope and Applications, AGU Fall Meeting, G43A-0671.
2007
- Newman, R.L., Lindquist, K.G., Vernon, F.L., Davis, G.A., Eakins, J. and Astiz, L., 2007, Web-based tools for real-time assessment of Earthscope's Transportable Array state-of- health: integration of the Antelope Real Time System, RRDtool, AJAX and PHP, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23) Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract S23A-03
- Vernon, F.L., Eakins, J., Martynov, V., Newman, R.L., Offield, G., Hindley, A. and Astiz, L., 2007, ANZA Seismic Network- From Monitoring to Science, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23) Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract S33C-05
- Astiz, L., Eakins, J.E., Vernon, F.L., Martynov, V., Newman, R.L., Cox, T.A., Mulder, T.L. and Busby, R.W., 2007, Real-time operation of the NSF EarthScope USArray Transportable Array, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23) Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract S34A-01
- Slater, D., Lindquist, K.G., Newman, R.L., Smith, K. and Tibuleac, I., 2007, Use of Mobile Devices for Seismic Network Applications, Diagnostics and Responses, 2007 SSA Annual Meeting, Hawaii.
- Newman, R.L., Lindquist, K.G., Vernon, F.L., Davis, G.A., Eakins, J., and Astiz, L., 2007, Advances in web-based visualization of the state-of-health of Earthscope's Transportable Array: webdlmon, EarthScope 2007 Meeting.
- Eakins, J.A., Vernon, F.L., Martynov,V., Astiz, L., Newman, R.L., Cox, T.A., 2007, The EarthScope USArray Array Network Facility (ANF): Metadata, Network and Data Monitoring, and Quality Assurance, EarthScope 2007 Meeting.
2006
- Newman, R.L., Lindquist, K.G., Foley, S., Davis, G.A., Vernon, F.L., Eakins, J. and Astiz, L., 2006, Monitoring the Monitors: Assessing and Visualizing the State-of-Health of Earthscope's Transportable Array, Fall 2006 AGU Meeting.
- Newman, R.L., Lindquist, K.G., Vernon, F.L., Eakins, J., Hansen, T.S., Davis, G.A., Foley, S. and Astiz, L., 2006, USArray applications of Antelop PHP web technologies: anf.ucsd.edu, 18th Annual IRIS Workshop, Tucson, June 8—10, 2006.
2005
- Nayak, A., F. Vernon, G. Kent, J. Orcutt, D. Kilb, R.L. Newman, J. Eakins, L. Smarr, T. DeFanti, J. Leigh, L. Renambot, A. Johnson, iCluster : Visualizing USArray data on a scalable high resolution tiled display using the OptIPuter, GEON meeting, May 2005.
- Newman, R.L., Lindquist, K.G., Vernon, F.L., Hansen, T.S., Foley, S., Eakins, J. and Orcutt, J., 2005, Applying a toolkit for dissemination and analysis of near real-time data through the World Wide Web: integration of the Antelope Real Time System, ROADNet, and PHP, Fall 2005 AGU Meeting.
- Lindquist, K.G., Newman, R.L., Vernon, F.L., Hansen, T.S. and Orcutt, J., 2005, Improvements to Web Toolkits for Antelope-based Real-time Monitoring Systems, Fall 2005 AGU Meeting.
- Eakins, J.A., Vernon, F.L., Martynov,V., Newman, R.L., Lindquist, K.L., Cox, T.A., Foley, S., and A. Hindley, 2005, The Earthscope USArray Array Network Facility (ANF): Metadata, Network and Data Monitoring, Quality Assurance During the Second Year of Operations, Fall 2005 AGU Meeting.
2004
- Newman, R.L., Lindquist, K.G., Hansen, T.S., Vernon, F.L., Eakins, J. and Foley, S., 2004, Web-based Data Mining to Systematically Determine Data Quality From the EarthScope USArray Seismic Observatory Project, Fall 2004 AGU Meeting.
- Kilb, D., Bowen, J., Eakins, J., Lindquist, K.G., Martynov, V., Newman, R.L., Otero, J., Prieto, G., Vernon, F.L., Ziegler, L., 2004, Generation of 3D interactive visualization tools pertaining to significant earthquakes in southern California & noteworthy global earthquakes, SCEC Meeting.
- Nayak, A.M., Vernon, F.L., Kent, G., Orcutt, J., Kilb, D., Newman, R.L., Smarr, L., DeFanti, T., Leigh, J., Renambot, L. and Johnson, A., 2004, High resolution visualization of USArray data on a 50 megapixel display using OptIPuter technologies, Fall 2004 AGU Meeting.
- Eakins, J., Vernon, F.L., Martynov, V., Newman, R.L. and Foley, S., 2004, USArray Array Network Facility (ANF): Metadata, Network and Data Monitoring, and Quality Assurance During the First Year of Operations, Fall 2004 AGU Meeting.
2003
- Nayak A.M., Kilb D., Newman R., Kent G., Vernon F.L. and Orcutt J., 2004, The Potential Role of the Optiputer in the Earthscope Project, Seimological Society of America.
- Newman, R.L., Kilb, D., Nayak, A.M. and Kent, G., 2003, The Role of Research Institutions in Building Visual Content for the Geowall, Fall 2003 AGU Meeting.
- Nayak, A. M., Lindquist, K., Kilb, D., Newman, R., Vernon, F. L., Leigh, J., Johnson, A. and Renambot, L., 2003, Using 3D Glyph Visualization to Explore Real-time Seismic Data on Immersive and High-resolution Display Systems, Fall 2003 AGU Meeting.
- Lindquist, K.G., Newman, R.L., Nayak, A.M., Vernon, F.L., Nelson, C., Hansen, T.S. and Yuen-Wong, R, 2003, Dynamic Web Expression for Near-real-time Sensor Networks, Fall 2003 AGU Meeting.
2002
- Newman, R.L., 2002, High End Visualization of Geophysical Datasets Using Immersive Technology: The SIO Visualization Center, AGU Fall Meeting, U52A-01.
Background
- 2000 - Co-founder, Osmotion Studios.
- 2001 - Ph.D. Geological Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, 4811, Australia
- 1995 - B.Sc (Hons) First Class Geological Sciences, The University of Leeds, Leeds, England
Disclaimer
This information is freely provided as–is. Messing around with the command line and creating files is a serious business, and I accept no liability for errors created, systems corrupted, or hard–disk damage by you following these instructions. They worked for me but may not work for you. Remember to back–up EVERYTHING before you try any of this stuff — it is not simple OR easy!!!
If you have any questions about this please email me at rlnewman@ucsd.edu and I will try my best to help you out.
